Guest blogging is one of the most effective and widely used methods for gaining exposure via sites other than yours, and it is one of the least expensive ways to gain access to new audiences, increase traffic to your website, and help create a brand for yourself.But measuring the effectiveness of a guest-posting campaign is where most people go wrong.

There are a lot of bad reasons to do guest blogging - including bad and outdated SEO tactics that no longer work - but there are also very good reasons to do so which is why it's one of the lean content marketing best practices.

While measuring the impact of guest blogging remains ambitious in my opinion, this post frames what to expect when doing proper guest blogging: more visibility, more distribution. I find however that #5 - lead generation - is a stretch and I wouldn't recommend to guest blog to generate leads. Yes, a good guest post will send some traffic to your site (but maybe not as much as you expect) and some of it might convert if your site is optimized for that. But it's a long shot.

Another reason which is more valid in my experience to justify guest blogging is to expect thought leadership development by contributing to well established blogs in your industry. The association of your brand with an established one acts as endorsement and will add credibility to your next pieces and your blog.

Wonderful list of presentation software available on the internet for teachers or students in need of creative ways to teach subject content or apply creativity to content already learned. Also includes a fabulous Ipad ap for creating photo presentations, a scribe/doodle program and several less-known presentation software similar to the concept of PowerPoint.

When so many new technologies promise to transform education - what role is left to the teacher? Why is the teacher still important? This powerful clip effectively presents compelling arguments for the importance of teaching students in a 'social' classroom setting - with reference to 'how' students learn; making the best of all types of tools to aid what goes on 'in the student's head'.

Nothing hidden about these "tips & tricks" - just standard every day library functions. This is not new, most these functions have been used since Win95, the days before we see the net as we do now. Nonetheless, whatever it takes for people to finally catch up and educate themselves about easier searching techniques!

For teachers interested in transforming their social studies classroom from the traditional mode to a more digitally based curriculum will find this fascinating. The ability to convert old PowerPoint presentations into videos that can be directly uploaded to YouTube are a tremendous offering. Creating and crafting your own podcast channel via YouTube is a terrific way of allowing your lessons to go home with the class and allows you more time in class to spend engaging students in the content!

I don't usually include tools that cost, but Explain Everything is one app I was willing to purchase with my money. It lets you record a presentation and then export is as a mp4 to your camera roll, so you can share it with others. Great for the flipped classroom.

Sharing your scoops to your social media accounts is a must to distribute your curated content. Not only will it drive traffic and leads through your content, but it will help show your expertise with your followers.

Integrating your curated content to your website or blog will allow you to increase your website visitors’ engagement, boost SEO and acquire new visitors. By redirecting your social media traffic to your website, Scoop.it will also help you generate more qualified traffic and leads from your curation work.

Distributing your curated content through a newsletter is a great way to nurture and engage your email subscribers will developing your traffic and visibility.
Creating engaging newsletters with your curated content is really easy.